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July 08, 2013 Daft Punk Didn't "Get Lucky" When It Created This Summer's Biggest Hit By Gretchen Gavett Why can't you escape this duo's catchy tune? And what's the worst social platform for selling products? These stories and more in this week's scouting report on provocative ideas for business.

Managing yourself Successfully Integrate Your Work, Home, Community, and Self by Stew Friedman Assess yourself to find out if you're focusing on what's important. Health How Google Flu Trends Is Getting to the Bottom of Messy Data by Nicholas Diakopoulos It all comes down to smart algorithms and even smarter people. Managing people A Performance-Appraisal Conundrum: What Would You Do? by Dick Grote Pondering whether a significant incident should be included after the official review period has closed. Execution Make Good Decisions Faster by Nick Tasler A simple know-think-do framework can work wonders. Managing yourself Does Using a Smartphone Make You Less Assertive? by Andrew O'Connell Your hunched posture makes you less likely to be assertive. Social media The Faustian Bargain of Online Services by Diomidis Spinellis The convenience of cloud computing comes at a cost, even for sophisticated users.

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